Since the time of the Transcendentalists, Bostonians have worked hard to
promote gardens, parks, green spaces, and ecological conservation. Now,
Boston's diverse open spaces share a rich legacy and exciting future.
Once again ingenious Bostonians are working hard to make their city and
its environs green. Invoking the ecological spirituality of Emerson and
Thoreau, these neo-Transcendentalists are growing cutting-edge rooftop
greenery, building harbor-side sculpture gardens, and tending verdant
urban wilds. More than a historic parks handbook, Boston's Gardens &
Green Spaces shows how locals are using, creating, and enjoying their
urban landscape today. This lavishly designed guide provides readers
with a new way to explore the contemporary and long-revered public
spaces of the Boston area. Organized into thematic categories, readers
have at their fingertips all Boston has to offer: the suburban
wilderness and urban wilds, the Sapphire Necklace and newly created Big
Dig parks, pocket parks hidden amid the city's streets, and living roofs
dotting the skyline. Complete with chapters on community gardens,
venerable botanic gardens, and grand estates, as well as gardens devoted
to art, healing, and children, Meg Muckenhoupt has given every resident
and visitor to Greater Boston a reason to get outdoors.
